What body of knowledge has informed the members of the task force about curricular reform?
Task force members have spent literally hundreds of hours reviewing the most recent research on general education reform nationwide. We have also attended a series of academic conferences organized by the Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U). Along the way, we have studied efforts at reform—successful and otherwise—at a host of universities that are somewhat ahead of us on the curve, including Longwood University (Virginia); Portland State University; Duke University; Southern Methodist University; Dickinson College; Columbia University; Columbia College (South Carolina); Grand Canyon University; and Michigan State. Task force members were invited to present their work at the AAC&U conference on general education in Newport, R.I., May 2004.
